Associate Director, Security Management

Optus; Canberra; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

$80 monthly credit

25% off Optus products

Exclusive shopping discounts

Job summary

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company seeking an Associate Director, Security Management to lead security strategy and risk management for a major Federal Government account. You will steward accreditation, incident response, and compliance, ensuring alignment with ISM and PSPF frameworks in a regulated environment.

Applicants must be an Australian citizen and eligible for NV1 clearance. The role emphasizes leadership, stakeholder engagement, and continuous security improvement

Qualifications

• Deep experience in IT security management within government environments.
• Solid understanding of ISM and PSPF frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage security accreditation processes and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement security strategies aligned to ISM/PSPF.
• Identify, assess and manage security risks per government regulations.
• Provide IT security advisory and management support across active projects.

Skills

Security management

Risk assessment

Accreditation support

Executive engagement

Job description

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband, and digital solutions.

The Associate Director, Security Management is a key leadership role responsible for driving security outcomes for a major Federal Government account. As the primary security advisor, you will oversee security strategy, accreditation, risk management, incident response, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity to shape Optus' government security services, build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, and ensure alignment with the Australian Government ISM and PSPF frameworks in a dynamic and highly regulated environment.

This role requires you to be an Australian citizen and hold, or be eligible to obtain and maintain, an NV1 security clearance.

What You'll Do | Your day to day will consist of

• Develop and carry out comprehensive security strategies, policies, and procedures aligned to the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) and the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF).
• Identify, assess, and manage security risks in line with government regulations and industry guidelines.
• Provide IT security advisory and management support across active projects — including authoring and reviewing security accreditation artefacts.
• Act as the trusted security advisor to the customer, engaging at all levels including executive leadership.

What You Bring | What makes you perfect for the role?

• Deep experience in IT security management within Australian Government environments.
• Solid practical understanding of the Australian Government ISM, PSPF, and associated frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage security accreditation processes and deliver complex security risk assessments.
• Excellent collaborator management skills — you're confident engaging at the executive level and can negotiate outcomes that work for both the customer and the business.

The good stuff….

• Competitive remuneration, plus $80 monthly credit, 25% off Optus products and exclusive shopping discounts with our retail partners — making everyday life a little more affordable.
• Great leave policies, including additional 'Connected' days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever matters most to you.
• Inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks, because family comes first.
• Build meaningful connections through colleague-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Your wellbeing matters, so we offer free counselling and support services, available 24/7 in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying 'yes' to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email ***************@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 ***. We're here to help.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity